[Qgis-developer] Identify results form vs feature form

Tue Aug 26 02:56:26 PDT 2014

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Hi

On 26/08/2014 11:25, Alexandre Neto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have to say that I actually dislike the "new" identify docking
> thingy (sorry Nathan), it just feels strange to me. Even hidden as
> a tab it steals lots of space in smaller screens (An option in
> settings to choose docking it or not would make my day! :-p)
> 

Any reason you aren't simply dragging it out of the dock to put it in
floating window mode when you need to?

Regards

Tim

> But I do agree that toggling between Open feature form mode and
> identify tool only mode is not optimal.
> 
> I also agree that the feature form is a totally diferent
> funcionality, and accessing it do need some love.Therefore was
> planning on working on a plugin to add a button to the toolbar to
> directly open a selected feature's form. Additionally, if more than
> one feature is selected, the feature form would show all features
> equal values and empty the rest of the fields. Updating one of the
> fields will change it across all features, while keeping the field
> empty will preserve original values. A popup message should show up
> to warn the user that several features attributes will be updated.
> 
> Do you think this would be useful?
> 
> I'm having problems with the current openFeatureForm ()
> implementation tho... as I have referred in this mailing list
> before [0] 
> <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Struggling-with-iface-openFeatureForm-tt5157574.html>.
>
> 
And I have now created a bug report [1]
> <https://hub.qgis.org/issues/11099> of it as this would be crucial
> for the plugin.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Alexandre Neto
> 
> [0]
> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Struggling-with-iface-openFeatureForm-tt5157574.html
>
>  [1] https://hub.qgis.org/issues/11099
> 
> Em 25/08/2014 23:49, "Nathan Woodrow" <madmanwoo at gmail.com 
> <mailto:madmanwoo at gmail.com>> escreveu:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The reason I moved the option is because it wasn't really a
> "option" in the first place. Something like that doesn't belong in
> the options dialog as it can be changed more then once during a
> session, and if you are having to visit the options dialog for that
> then it's in the wrong place. Anything found in Settings -> Options
> should not have to be changed a lot, set once and forget. The old
> method was also inconsistent, sometimes you might not want the
> feature form to open for a single feature but you got it regardless
> unless you did the Settings -> Options dance to change it for a
> single use case.
> 
> I agree that getting the identify results dock back is not the
> best, however moving the settings back to Options is not the
> solution.  I am thinking a Open Result Pane button next to the
> identity map tool button.
> 
> The recommend workflow is to leave the identify result dock open, 
> put it in a tab if you need, and control the settings for identity 
> from there.   They will persist between sessions just like the
> last settings.  The identify result dock will always show the
> current results regardless of if the feature form is shown or not.
> This is to make it more consistent from a users point of view as
> the tool always does the same action regardless, showing the
> results. Opening the feature form is a bonus on top of the standard
> function not in replace of.
> 
> It was never about hiding the options. In fact quite the opposite. 
> Moving them to the dock now give you more live control on a need
> by need basis rather then Settings -> Options...dance if you need
> to change it for a session.
> 
> Regards, Nathan
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 3:22 AM, Andre Joost 
> <andre+joost at nurfuerspam.de <mailto:andre+joost at nurfuerspam.de>>
> wrote:
> 
> Am 25.08.2014 17:34, schrieb Jürgen E. Fischer:
> 
> Hi André,
> 
> On Mon, 25. Aug 2014 at 17:26:02 +0200, Andre Joost wrote:
> 
> "Open feature form, if a single feature is identified"
> 
> 
> I can not find that option in QGIS 2.4 and QGIS dev anymore.
> 
> 
> It's in the identify dialog now.
> 
> 
> There is an option to show the feature form and a checkbox "Auto 
> open form" , yes. It's not easy to understand that checking that 
> will open the feature form for single features.
> 
> If I set the checkbox, I have no chance to get the identify result
> form back if my layers contain only single features.
> 
> The old option method looked somewhat more logical to me. Any 
> chance to get it back? It would not harm anybody, and the docs are
> correct again.
> 
> 
> 
> It is still in the lastest docs 
> http://docs.qgis.org/testing/__en/docs/user_manual/__introduction/qgis___configuration.html#options
>
> 
<http://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/qgis_configuration.html#options>>
> 
> 
> Sounds like a bug.
> 
> 
> If you click the "Help button" of the identify form, it also tells
> me about the old options.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am I missing something well-hidden?
> 
> 
> IMHO if the objective was to hide it, Nathan miseably failed at it
> ;)
> 
> 
> Perhaps we should give him a second chance ;-)
> 
> 
> Greetings, André Joost
> 
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